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Global warming threatens Iceland's glaciers

Glaciologists in Iceland are sounding the alarm over the pace of global warming and its effects on the country's glaciers. Melting ice has resulted in radical changes to the country's landscape. Is Iceland is approaching a glacier-free future?

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